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Community Services Statistics for Children, Young People and Adults April 2020

Experimental statistics

Publication Date:
13 Aug 2020
Geographic Coverage:
England
Geographical Granularity:
Hospital Trusts, NHS Trusts
Date Range:
01 Apr 2020 to 30 Apr 2020

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***Due to the coronavirus illness (COVID-19) disruption, it would seem that this is now starting to affect the quality and coverage of some of our statistics, such as an increase in non-submissions for some datasets. We are also starting to see some different patterns in the submitted data. For CSDS, fewer patients are being referred and seen within community services. Therefore, data should be interpreted with care over the COVID-19 period.***

This is a monthly report on publicly funded community services for children, young people and adults using data from the Community Services Data Set (CSDS) reported in England for April 2020. The CSDS is a patient-level dataset and has been developed to help achieve better outcomes for children, young people and adults. It provides data that will be used to commission services in a way that improves health, reduces inequalities, and supports service improvement and clinical quality. These services can include NHS Trusts, health centres, schools, mental health trusts, and local authorities. The data collected in CSDS includes personal and demographic information, diagnoses including long-term conditions and disabilities and care events plus screening activities. These statistics are classified as experimental and should be used with caution. Experimental statistics are new official statistics undergoing evaluation. They are published in order to involve users and stakeholders in their development and as a means to build in quality at an early stage. More information about experimental statistics can be found on the UK Statistics Authority website. We hope this information is helpful and would be grateful if you could spare a couple of minutes to complete a short customer satisfaction survey. Please use the survey in the related links to provide us with any feedback or suggestions for improving the report.

This report contains key information based on the submissions that have been made by providers to the Community Services Data Set (CSDS) collection and focuses on data relating to activity that occurred in April 2020 as follows:
 
* 135 providers submitted at least the minimum data for the CSDS. Of these, 134 providers submitted referrals data and 127 providers submitted care contact data.
 
* There were 695,178 referrals received across all submitters of referral data, relating to 501,987 patients. Of these, 146,538 referrals related to 131,278 children and young people (aged 0-18).
 
* Of these 695,178 referrals above, 548,581 referrals related to 370,670 adults (aged over 18). 22 per cent of total referrals were for patients with ages over 85.
 
* There were 5,626,775 care contacts with 1,571,190 patients, across all submitters of care contact data. Of these, 1,151,554 contacts related to 550,975 children and young people.
 
* Of these 5,626,775 care contacts above, 4,474,826 contacts related to 1,020,197 adults. 23 per cent of total care contacts were for patients with ages over 85.
 
* Of the 128,585 children and young people with a recorded gender and a referral received in the period, 53 per cent (68,624) were males, and of the 544,782 children and young people with a recorded gender and a care contact in the period, 55 per cent 
(302,245) were males.
 
* Of the 369,229 adults with a recorded gender and a referral received in the period, 39 per cent (142,609) were males, and of the 1,012,369 adults with a recorded gender with a care contact in the period, 38 per cent (386,946) were males.
 
* Across all submitters of care contact data, 86 per cent (3,865,850) of care contacts were attended by the patient and 3 per cent (118,322) were not attended by the patient (where attendance or non-attendance was recorded). The remaining 12 per cent of 
care contacts (525,209) were cancelled by the patient or health care provider.
 
* 45 providers submitted immunisation data. Across these submitters, 127,255 immunisations for children and young people were reported.

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